Children who play video games in moderation are more sociable, less
aggressive, have fewer emotional problems and do better at school than their
peers, Oxford University research has shown.
However those playing video games for more than three hours a day are
hyperactive, get into fights and switch off at school, no matter what the
type of game they use. The ground-breaking study suggested excessive use,
rather than any particular game, did the most damage.
Children who played less than an hour a day performed and behaved better than
classmates who never used video games

Some of the biggest names in music have joined forces to launch an
artist-owned high-definition internet music streaming service, to challenge
Spotify, Napster and Google.
Madonna, Kanye West, Daft Punk, Rihanna and Beyoncé were among the stars
brought together by hip hop mogul Jay Z to annouce Tidal.
At the announcement in New York, singer Alicia Keys hinted that some musicians
could choose to release material exclusively or early on the artist-owned
service.
“Tidal is dedicated to cultivating a sound business enterprise that promotes
the health and sustainability of

Seconds after a powerful explosion ripped through Manhattan’s East Village
last Thursday, live video was being broadcast from the scene. It did not
come from New York news crews.
Andrew Steinthal, the co-founder of The Infatuation, a restaurant reviews
website, was in his office just around the corner. “We felt the building
shake,” he told The Times. “Then we saw a lot of people
running. We knew this was not good. So we went to check out the scene and
find out what was going on.”
Mr Steinthal, 34, left the building armed with his iPhone and Periscope,
a live video s

Airline passengers could one day use the cabin windows to call up information about the landmarks below.
Cameras on the outside of the aircraft would continuously record the landscape, while others, mounted by each window seat, would track the passenger’s eyeball movements. Images of what they were looking at would appear on a touchscreen spread across the window.
People could then use the screen to find out more about the land below, according to a patent filed by three German inventors working for Airbus in Hamburg. Passengers might identify a Cambodian temple, or the Eiffel Tower, or a st